Course weekend: (14) 15 & 16th of April 2023

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Looking forward to weekend full of music? Playing, singing or dancing the night away... This will be possible during the annual spring weekend of Stichting Draailier and Doedelzak (the Dutch Hurdy-Gurdy and Bagpipes Foundation) in the beautifull woods of Sint-Michielsgestel (next to the city of Den Bosch). During this weekend there will be hurdy-gurdy, bagpipe and other music courses for the beginner and the advanced player. During the day the courses will be held. In the evening there will be concerts and session. Lack of an instrument is not an excuse, because we have instruments for rent for the beginner groups.

Program:
Participants are welcome to arrive on friday 14th of April in the evening. This evening is open for session, talks, a drink and concerts. The courses will start on saturday the 2th at 9.30 and will last untill sunday the 16th 17.00. Saturday evening at 20.00 there will be concerts or ball. Afterwards there will be time for session. Non-participants are also welcome on this evening.

Stay at the location (4-6 person rooms for Saturday/Sunday), the concerts & ball in the evening and breakfast, lunch, diner and coffee and tea during breaks is included in the workshop price.

The Courses


• Hurdy-gurdy for (more)advanced players: Benoit Michaud (Fr)
• Hurdy-gurdy for (half)advanced players: Thomas Hoste (Be)
• Hurdy-gurdy for beginners: Lies Sommer (NL)

• Bagpipe for (more)advanced players: Paul James (UK)
• Bagpipe (half)advanced players: Pieterjan van Kerckhoven (Be)
• Bagpipe for beginners: Wouter Kuyper (NL)

• All instruments - Ensemble: Anne Niepold (Be)
• All instruments - Balfolk: Andrea Capezzuoli (It)
• Diatonic accordeon (in G/C): Andy Cutting (UK)
• Nyckelharpa: Blanche Oguey (De)
• Singing course: Daniel 'Padpé' Detammaecker (Fr)
• Guest


Registration and costs of the weekend

The costs of this course weekend includes the course, all cconcerts, stay at the location (4-6 person rooms for Saturday/Sunday) and breakfast, lunch, diner and coffee and tea during breaks
You can find the costs and the registration form at the registration page


The Location.

This Course weekend is in an accomodation in the middle of the woods of St-Michielsgestel, close to the city of Den Bosch (NL). Stay at the location (4-6 person rooms for Saturday/Sunday) and breakfast, lunch, diner and coffee and tea during breaks is included in the workshop price. For arriving on Friday it's 14 euro extra. >>>read more about the location
The adress is:
De Zonnewende
Esscheweg 78
5271 NA Sint-Michielsgestel
Netherlands

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Pictures of the workshopweekend:

• Pictures of the Workshops (2022)
• Pictures of the evening concerts (2022)
• Pictures of the closing of the weekend (2022)
• Video of the closing of the weekend (2022)
• video's of the weekend (2019)
• video's of this weekend in 2018


Hurdy-Gurdy courses


Hurdy-gurdy for (more)advanced players - Benoit Michaud (Fr)

This workshop is aimed to more advanced hurdy gurdy players who wish to expand the possibilities of their instrument, incorporating new repertoires, ornaments, phrasing and rhythmics to the HG's most usual techniques and styles. During this workshop we'll work around different small pieces, we will tackle technical aspects of the hurdy-gurdy: the rhythmic equivalences of the "coup de poignet" (right hand), the dissociation between right hand and left hand, melodic ornamentation and instrument settings (cotton, string support, keyboard).
After his hurdy-gurdy training in the center of France, Benoit continued his studies at cesmd Poitou-Charentes (west of France) to obtain his teaching diploma. In addition to teaching, he composes and he plays many instruments in the traditional band from Vendée (west of France) Arbadétorne, the circle company : Entr’act and of course the Duo Michaud/Guérin.
Listen to Benoit Michaud:
• Arbadetorne - L'amour m'a fait Aimer
• Duo Michaud/Guérin - Bourriches
• Duo Michaud/Guérin - BullDozer
• Duo Michaud/Guérin — Bourrées d'Auvergne
• Duo Michaud/Guérin - Branles de Noirmoutier

Hurdygurdy half advanced to advanced - Thomas Hoste (Be)

This weekend, Thomas Hoste will teach a gurdy course for the half advanced to advanced players. Ever since the hurdy-gurdy crossed his path, Thomas has been enchanted by the rich tunes of this unique instrument. His love became a passion. He loves folk & traditional music which you can hear in his music. But he is also really into a modern approach of the gurdy. On account of his background in IT, he manages to combine ancient tones with the most modern sound techniques. This recently resulted in a new ambient drone trio mOthA and the project “Rooted: The Manen Opzij”, a production from the Dranouter Music Center in which two musicians who are involved with folk / traditional music in an innovative way are confronted with two equally innovative musicians from different musical directions.
Listen to Thomas Hoste:
• Hidrae - Plage de l'amitié
• Hidrae - Schelvis
• Chédeville - Turcis je nose & Menuet
• Tourdion - Pierre Attaignant
• Thomas Hoste - Turcis je nose
• mOthA - Live concert (1u37)́
• Motha ́
• Nebel ́
• Nebel - live in Bruggé
• Threo @ VONKfestival 2022́
• Cecilia - Chouchenn (live)́
• Cecilia - Camelus Dromedarius (live)́
• Cecilia: Bramen Plukken & Le Point du Jouŕ
• Elanor - Funambals 2017́
• Kadril feat. Thomas Hoste - Bourrée de la Belle Inconnué
• De Manen Opzij ́


Hurdy-gurdy for beginners - Lies Sommer (NL)

Always wanted to play the hurdy-gurdy? This workshop is especially for people who never played the hurdy-gurdy before. The workshop is the oppurtunity to discover the basics of the instrument while learning easy but beautiful melodies. Instruments can be rented and two weeks beforehand there is an introductory morning in which you will receive the rental instrument and the basic information needed to get started the first two weeks.
requirements: none, this is a beginners course
Lies Sommer plays many different types of music. For instance balfolk (with Kelten Zonder Grenzen), metal (Ball Noir) and medieval (Datura). Listen to her music:
• Kelten Zonder Grenzen - Starry Night
• Kelten Zonder Grenzen - Baby Steps
• Kelten Zonder Grenzen - O'Carolan's Dream
• Ball Noir - Winter is Comming
• Ball Noir - The Other
• Ball Noir - Bitter Dreams
• Datura - Bachuss the Movie
• Datura - Zou een meisje gaan om wijn



Bagpipe courses

These bagpipe courses are all about the French, Flemish or Low Lands pipes (tuned in g).


Bagpipe for more advanced players - Paul James (UK)

we will work together to make some fun arrangements for people to dance, listen or sing along to. Sometimes we’ll concentrate on the melody, sometimes we’ll work out other voices in harmony. We can also talk about technique and explore how to improvise and communicate emotion in music. The challenge with bagpipes is they are either “off” (silence) or “on” (making a ferocious noise!). How do we exploit that? The workshop is about everyone working together as a team, supporting and learning from each other – and laughing a lot.
Listen to the music of Paul James:
- Threo (20 min)
- Blowzabella - The New Jigs
- Blowzabella Sidmouth Folk Festival 2018 (20 min)
- Blowzabella - Adam Was A Poacher
- Paul James -Once There Was A Lone Wolf
- Paul James - The Drowned Lover
- Paul James - Wakeful
- Paul James and the Drowned Lovers - The Rolling of the Stone


Bagpipe for (half)advanced players - Pieterjan van Kerckhoven (Be)

Pieterjan will give a workshop for players who are no longer in the beginner stadium and are (half) advanced. He will work on technique and ornamentation and their applicability in several styles. Pieterjan is a wellknown bagpipe player form France and he plays in groups like EmBRUN, Wör and Surpluz.
Listen to the music of Pieterjan:
- EmBRUN - HP
- EmBRUN - Red Moon
- EmBRUN - Dr. Gonzales
- Wör - Dranouter 2014
- Wör - DP 28 De Boerenvreught
- Surpluz - Amsterdam
- Surpluz - Jan Broeder



Bagpipe for beginners: Wouter Kuyper (NL)

Always wanted to play the bagpipes? This workshop is especially for people who never played the bagpipes before. The workshop is the oppurtunity to discover the basics of the instrument while learning easy but beautiful melodies. Instruments can be rented and two weeks beforehand there is an introductory morning in which you will receive the rental instrument and the basic information needed to get started the first two weeks.
requirements: none, this is a beginners course
Listen to Wouter Kuyper:
• BmB - Lou diziou bè / Bourrée a Ribeyrolle
• BmB -Les Vignerons & le menage a trois
• BmB - De edele wijn
• Wouter en de Draak- Dusgemint
• De Vliering - Fredoline (Wouter plays at 1:39)
• BmB - L'Impasse
• BmB - Dejeuner sur l'herbe
• Wouter testing a bagpipe at Tetz Dudelsackbau
On accordion:
• Wouter en de Draak - Fireflies and Mosquitoes
• Wouter en de Draak - New Horizons, New adventures
• Wouter Kuyper - Witte Wilco


Other courses

Nyckelharpa - Blanche Marguerite Oguey (De/Fr)

Blanche Marguerite Oguey is a French/German Nyckelharpist. She grew up playing the classical violin and French (bal)folk music but soon she fell in love with the beautiful sound of the Swedish Nyckelharpa. This love took her to Sweden to study the instrument at the Eric Sahlström Institutet in Tobo, Sweden, and to be the first person to study a masters degree for folk and world music at an university in Germany with a focus on Nyckelharpa.

As well as her study of Swedish traditional music she has travelled across the world and been part of many different transcultural music projects and camps, learning a diverse repertoire of music. She plays in the band Folk my life! playing a mix of Swedish, German and original music.

In her class you will be able to learn different exercises to improve your Nyckelharpa technique (bow holding, bowing patterns, etc) and of course different tunes. The repertoire in the class will consist of a creative mix of Swedish and the option of some German tunes - depending on what you want to learn!

Listen to the music of Blanche :
• Folk My Life! - Manta Menuet & Tacobell
• Folk My Life! - Polska i Smålandstradition
• Folk My Life! - Epic Dahlhoff (DahlhoffTantz 545)
• Folk My Life! - April Schottis
• Jazzabella - GRETA (feat. Blanche Marguerite Oguey)
• Polonäs efter Gustav Blidström


Singing course - Daniel Detammaecker(Fr)

Daniel Detammaecker is a well know musician and dancing teacher from France, with a great expertise in traditional dancing music. He plays and sings in a couple of bands like Nhac or Clica Drona. Along this workshop you will experience shared and interactive moments during which you will also learn several polyphonic songs or dancing songs. He wrote about his workshop: " Using our whole bodies, through empty spaces, with our instinctive vocal expression, nourished by good vibrations... we will "dive in a Virtual South West Singing for Dance World". Slowly but surely we will create our collective intimate show."
Listen to Daniel Detammaecker:
• Nhac (in Chateau D'Ars)
• Daniel Detammaecker (solo)
• Daniel Detammaecker (solo)
• Clica Drona - CaDansa
• Clica Drona (met J.F. Tisner)
• Bal Trad avec Daniel Detammaecker ( à Bourrou)



All instruments: Ensemble about improviastion and groove - Anne Niepold


This ensemble playing course (for all instruments) is intended for musicians who not only want to learn how to play a dancing melody, but above all in improvisation and groove. We'll work around a certain melody, which is further explored and improvised. Anne will probably send one melody (sheet music and recordings) for this, which participants can prepare at home. Anne wrote: "With this melody I send, we still have - if necessary - something to start with. In addition, we will work with small modules and a lot of free improvisation. Sometimes that's at first a bit exciting, but in my experience playing freely together results in nice musical encounters. And no one loses time with arguing "This is nice music but on my instrument..." because we play freely, without being tied to sheet music."

About Anne:
Anne Niepold is a player of the diatonic accordion, but above all a musician. She lives her music with passion: without stylistic boundaries, accessible to everyone. Writing compositions and arrangements is an integral part of her work. Fueled by different styles and influences, her career as a performer reflects a multiple universe and an unusual and unique approach to the instrument. Anne is able to go through the ages, to bring styles together, to decompose aesthetics and repertoire. She likes to push the boundaries of her instrument further and further. In that spirit, she produced the highly acclaimed album “Musette is not dead” in 2014. Here, alongside a jazz orchestra, she tackles the accordion's identity heritage, the musette repertoire.

Listen Anne's music on youtube:
• Anne Niepold - Nœud explétif
• Anne Niepold - terrain vague
• Anne Niepold - La 4ème Rayure
• Het Fruit Lied (Experimenteel Atelier 2021)
• Zwart-Witte Dieren (Experimenteel Atelier 2022)
• Anne Niepold Trio - Vita Brevis
• Duo Anne Niepold & Gwen Cresens - monochromatic
• Anne Niepold & Quatuor Alfama - Lalala (trailer)
• Duo Niepold & Cutting - Knockdown
• Duo Niepold & Cutting - La Coccinelle (Jean Blanchard) & Les poules huppées (Gilles Chabenat)
• Duo Niepold & Cutting - à la Fête de l'accordéon 2022 de Luzy 1
• Duo Niepold & Cutting - à la Fête de l'accordéon 2022 de Luzy 2
• Duo Niepold & Cutting - à la Fête de l'accordéon 2022 de Luzy 3
• Duo Niepold & Cutting -à la Fête de l'accordéon 2022 de Luzy 4



All instruments: Ensemble - Andrea Capezzuoli (It)

This workshop is open for all instruments: violins, flutes, percussion, bass, guitars, cellos and all other instruments are welcome. Andrea don't want to teach too much songs because this workshop will revolve around arrangements, harmony and how make music together. He will work with three dancing tunes for from Nothern Italy: a currenta, a melancholic waltz and a monferrina
These are not only dancing tunes, but also songs: so perhaps those who like this, could also sing a bit together during the course. Expect a course about Italian folk, perhaps with a bit Bal Quebec... because when you listen to Andrea's recordings, you will hear he like's to spice up his tunes with a bit 'Bal Quebec'.
entry requirements: Players are known with their instrument and are able to pick up tunes by hearing. Andrea will bring sheet music along. The workshop will probably tuned in G/C.
Andrea Capezzuoli is a one man band: he plays diatonic accordeon, but also sings and does percussion with his feet at the same time. He also plays a bit bagpipes. And he is strongly influence by Italian, French folk music. But also by the music from Quebec. Be challenged by this enthousiastic, energic and very friendly musician.
Listen to Andrea Capezzuoli :
• Din Delon - Il muratore
• Din Delon - La Rosa e la Ramella (volledige album op spotify)
• Andrea Capezzuoli e Compagnia - Vivo! (volledige album)
• Andrea Capezzuoli e Compagnia - 10!
• Andrea Capezzuoli e Compagnia - Live concert
• Andrea Capezzuoli e Compagnia - PIF2014: Teatro Astra PIFwinners
• Andrea Capezzuoli - Soleluna • Andrea Capezzuoli - La Nonchalante
• BandaBrisca
• Matapuexi


Diatonic accordeon - Andy Cutting

Andy Cutting is a rarity. A musician's musician: a soulful and technically outstanding melodeon practitioner with an ear for a fine tune. Many of his tunes have been purloined along the way: some considered contemporary classics on the folk scene. But then, Andy is also a warm and emotive perfomer, modestly engaging his audiences with his self-deprecating wit and then flooring them with downright staggering musicianship. There are few melodeon players who put so much feeling into their playing, whether it be a set of dance tunes, or accompaniment to a slow English ballad.

Andy has been consistent musical force since he came swiftly to prominence with the innovative Blowzabella. As well as a thorough grounding in the English tradition, Andy's influences extend way beyond these isles, particularly to the music of Central France and to the storming Quebecois tradition. These influences will be well-known to all those familiar with Andy's duo with English fiddle player, guitarist and singer, Chris Wood. Wood & Cutting became one of the most influential, and enduring duos on the scene; paving the way for the explosion of many of today's thrusting young newcomers.

Andy's commitment to, and sense of pride in traditional music, as well as his sensitivity and understanding of the form, has made him one of the folk scene's most wanted, playing with Kate Rusby, John McCusker and Under One Sky to name but a few. There is also a growing demand for him to play outside this genre. He has recorded with Sting, John Illsley (Dire Straits), and was recently asked to join The Who for an acoustic concert in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust. As well as his ongoing work with Chris, Andy is currently working with Martin Simpson, June Tabor and Blowzabella.

listen to the music of Andy Cutting:
• Gudrun Walther & Jürgen Treyz, featuring Andy Cutting - Trip to Prague / Maybe Someday
• Chris Wood & Andy Cutting - Sweet Jayne
• Naragonia & Andy Cutting - Batiska
• Andy Cutting - Le Petit Chien
• TOPETTE!! - Venture
• TOPETTE!! - Just Heavy
• TOPETTE!! - The Almond And The Olive
• Blowzabella - The New Jigs
• Blowzabella Sidmouth Folk Festival 2018 (20 min)
• Blowzabella - Adam Was A Poacher
• Duo Niepold & Cutting - Knockdown
• Duo Niepold & Cutting - La Coccinelle (Jean Blanchard) & Les poules huppées (Gilles Chabenat)
• Duo Niepold & Cutting - à la Fête de l'accordéon 2022 de Luzy 1
• Duo Niepold & Cutting - à la Fête de l'accordéon 2022 de Luzy 2
• Duo Niepold & Cutting - à la Fête de l'accordéon 2022 de Luzy 3
• Duo Niepold & Cutting -à la Fête de l'accordéon 2022 de Luzy 4


Guest

You are welcome to join us this weekend as a 'guest'. As a guest, you're welcome to stay with us the wole weekend, but you won't participate in the workshops. During the days there are for the guests one or two classrooms avaiable. When the sun is shining, we could go outside to make music in the beautiful woods of Sint-Michielsgestel.
But there is also lot's to do in the neighbourhood: we're in a beautiful forest, so you could walk or cycle through the woods. Pick your walking-route at route.nl. We're also close to the nice city of Den Bosch, the boat tour underneath the city is great.